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noun

An inexplicable occurrence or situation, puzzling; a person of puzzling character; a question, saying, or picture with a hidden meaning, a riddle.

I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

—Winston Churchill Radio broadcast, October 1, 1939

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